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There are three cabooses originally built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Texas and New Orleans Railroad, and Union Pacific Railroad, as well as two streamlined Union Pacific passenger cars that saw service on the City of Los Angeles (train). The 4.75" and 3.5" gauges are configured in a ground level shared dual-gauge format.
Often the gauge has little to do with the scale of a locomotive since larger equipment can be built in a narrow gauge railway configuration. For instance, scales of 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, and 3 inches per foot (corresponding to scales of 1:8 to 1:4) have been used on a 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) track gauge.
Hesston Steam Museum is an outdoor museum operated by the La Porte County Historical Steam Society in Hesston, Indiana.It is located at 1201 E 1000 N, La Porte, IN 46350. The museum occupies 155 acres and is the home of four different gauge railroads along with numerous other pieces of steam powered and vintage farm equipme
In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot. The Gauge '3' Society represents this aspect of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch gauge railway modelling with both electric and live steam operation. Gauge '3' corresponds to NEM II scale, also known as "Spur II" in ...
In the 2004 Guinness World Records, Train Mountain is recognized as the “Longest Miniature Hobby Railroad”. [4] At the time Train Mountain was recognized by Guinness, it was reported to have 69,900 feet (13.24 mi; 21.3 km) of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge mainline track and 133,250 feet (25.237 mi; 40.61 km) of total track including yards, sidings, spurs, and connector tracks.
The Wales West Light Railway is a 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) [1] 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway in Silverhill, Alabama owned by Ann and Ken Zadnichek. [1] It is built to simulate a Welsh narrow gauge railway. [1] [2] The railway and associated RV park host over 30,000 visitors annually. [1]
Gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 ... some in service with regional and shortline railroads [1] [2] The Dash 7 Series is a line of diesel-electric freight locomotives ...
The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad in Felton, California, operates two Shays, No. 1 Dixiana (Class B, s/n 2593 of 1912) and No. 7 Sonora (Class C, s/n 2465 of 1911). Railtown 1897 State Historic Park preserves a class C Shay, Sierra Railroad No. 2, and occasionally runs it on its excursion trains.